Edina inventor comes up with game shut off gear

The
nearly eighty year old inventor of Edina has come up with a $30 device which
will not exactly ender him to the younger generation. John Morrissey's Game
Doctor Video Game Timer ends all arguments with kids about switching off
their game console or computer by automatically turning off the
power.

Morrissey, a 79-year-old Edina inventor, thinks there's large, pent-up
demand for his inexpensive and easy-to-use device, which is spelled
GameDr. The gear is made by Digital Innovations. It says that there are moms
who say they love this, and that they know 10 people who need one.

But
others say it's terrible and that parents should just monitor their
kids. We are not sure if anyone has thought this one through. Turning the
power off is not the safest way to end any computer game. Turn Windows
off halfway through operations could corrupt your disk. Still if the kid
knows that they will be fighting to make sure it is shut down before the
device does it. (I guess he could have added a five minute warning beep. sub.ed.)